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Kanji Detail for 當 - "hit, should, this, win"
當
- Meaning
當 means "hit, should, this, win."
Hit - To strike; to apply; to match; to correspond; to collide; to assign; to bear.
Should - Ought to; must.
This - That; the present.
Win - A hit; a target (Japanese usage).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
bear; accept; undertake; just
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
bear, accept, undertake; just
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To be exactly at. Such as specifically referring to the current era as 當時 (at that time), 當代 (present age). | When things coincide and one rises to respond, all are called 當. Such as 擔當 (undertake), 承當 (bear), 抵當 (resist) and such. | To be in charge of affairs. Such as saying 當家 (manage a household), 當國 (govern the state). | 當陽 (facing the sun). Refers to the Son of Heaven facing directly south while standing. To command the feudal lords. The expression originates from (Zuo Zhuan). | 當道, 當路 (in the way/path). Refers to occupying key positions that affairs must pass through. Referring to those in power and high positions. | To match. Such as when status is suitably matched is called 相當. What should be done by principle is called 應當. | A word of conjecture. Assuming something must be so. Meaning it should reasonably be so. | To block. Such as saying 一夫當關、萬夫莫開 (one man holding the pass, ten thousand cannot open it). | Meaning matters being appropriate. When used as a determinative word, read in Departing tone. | To pawn. Colloquially, using things as security for money is called 當. Meaning their values are equivalent. | 勾當. Like saying to handle affairs. Song people had this expression.
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